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Yes, same here also Impressed with how quickly it can cool such a big space as the van.

Ok, Thanks, slightly different situation to me then! … well, I’ll still have a look at the price for adding a 17 yr old to the Alphard policy. Cheers.

Just put a multimeter on the battery whilst each door is open and see if the voltage drops, even by a small amount. My guess is That if the key is not in the ignition then there will be no battery drain whether doors are open or not.

Just run in then!

How old is your child? I ask cos my son will soon be 17 and I thought it might actually not be too expensive to put him on the alphard insurance.

Yeah, someone did this on here recently, bought some sort of Kenwood unit for £80, gives dab radio through the standard unit + Bluetooth etc. I wish I’d done that before embarking on my install, which is neat and works but cost a lot more !!

I’ve taken out some panels on the A and B pillars, and I’ve taken out the centre console piece. All came out easily enough but do buy a kit of the right tools from eBay, they’re only about £10, don’t use knives or screwdrivers, you’ll make a right mess. Just go easy, tease each piece out, working methodically around the panel. It’s the putting back in which is more difficult!

There’s a set on eBay now for nearly £300 …. Ouch!

For a Thule kit it’s the bits which bolt onto the roof which are very difficult to get in the UK. There’s a chap called Ben Hau who imports them, I think he’s a bit of an Alphard expert, find him on Facebook and see if he has any in stock. The kit number is Thule Rapid System 1267, for 2003-08 models. You can then fit any of the Thule rapid system feet (loads on eBay, cheap) and any number of Thule standard or Evo bars but need to be at least 135cm width. Good luck.

Well I hope you like your local petrol stations as that’s two pretty thirsty cars you own there!

£330 fitted for a new item, perhaps even OE Toyota, direct from Japan, seems like a v good price. Reckon you’d pay about £100-200 for a used one, so that’s a good price. Fair play to kwik fit if they really can do it for that price.

Well I’ve got a 2005 (55 plate) v6, G spec, and that does have cruise control. Interesting to know there is a max speed on the CC, 70mph will satisfy me - not many stretches of mway in UK where you can cruise for faster than that anyway! Cheers.

If it goes air freight with FedEx or dhl etc then a week is doable, for sure, but that is gonna be mighty expensive overall. Have they given you a cost estimate? I would have just got a used one from eBay. Plenty of Alphard’s being broken for spare parts on eBay.

Found it …. 11 litres! Blimey

Well I’m just putting anything in and it seems to be running fine, about 30mpg too. My mate has been doing same with his for a couple of years too, we both have 3.0 v6 models.

Anyone know what volume of coolant required for the V6 Alphard? 1MZ-FE engine, late 2005 model. Cheers, Will

Can of electric contact cleaner for £3. I cleaned mine the other day and found a dead fly sitting on the sensor. Probably a job to add to the annual service schedule tbh. New MAF sensors can be had for about £40 and take 10 mins to fit, tops.

I think the reason why alphard hybrid insurance is so high is that the catalytic converters are top of the theft list. I don’t have an easy solution to that; see if fitting a cat-lok device Will lower the insurance .

Kettle? I doubt it, I think this is only a 100w socket which is really only any good for powering low-power-use electronic devices like phones, iPads etc. i removed the ones in mine and then removed the 12v dc to 100v ac inverter, so that now I was back to 12v dc, then I replaced the jap sockets with some oe fit dual USB’s. A bit more useful in my opinion.

Tricky. My advice is to track down some part numbers for the ones you want and cross-ref those against the ones you’re thinking of buying.

My guess is yes.

I’d be more worried about the quality of the item than any taxes. I assume it’s cheap - if it is then take a punt and hope that (a) quality is at least ok and (b) you don’t get stung for any extra charges. Neither point is guaranteed.

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Try Aviva, they came Up very good for me, about £230 on a ‘55 v6.